András Törő (born July 10, 1940) is an American

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who competed from the early 1960s to the mid-1970s. Competing in four

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, he won a bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at

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along with his doubles partner Imre Farkas. Törő defected from Hungary during the

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. Earning his degree from the

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, he went to work as a

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and marine engineer. Becoming an American citizen in 1971, Törő competed for the United States in two more Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of sixth in the semifinal event of the C-1 1000 m event at

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. In 2022, Törő received the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee's Olympic & Paralympic Torch Award in recognition of his contributions to the Olympic movement.About The Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Team USA

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1940 births American male canoeists 21st-century American engineers Canoeists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Hungarian male canoeists Hungarian defectors Living people Olympic canoeists for Hungary Olympic canoeists for the United States Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary University of Michigan alumni Olympic medalists in canoeing Defectors to the United States Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-Olympic-medalist-stub

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